That's more or less what I meant.. Isn't East or West, relative to the direction you are facing when you are standing dead on, on the North Pole or South Pole? As a rule we know when we are facing North, behind us is South, to the right is East and to the left is our West.. So what happens to that generalization when you are standing right on the North Pole.. Lets say 2 people are standing on the North Pole, each facing each other.. Wouldn't the East and West contradict each others opinions? :-)
Joe -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of J.T. Shyman Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Friday Humor - Questions that have Confused humankind!! ** Should we change the Subject line to “Friday Philosophy”? If you are standing at the geographic North Pole then the compass would point to the magnetic North Pole which isn’t exactly the same thing J. Since every place on the globe is south of the north pole I would guess that the compass would point to south in any direction you faced if you were standing on the magnetic north pole. Which brings up the question: The North Pole is one place on a globe where you can walk one mile south, one mile east and one mile north and return to your point of origin. Name another. J.T. Shyman Column Technologies ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe D'Souza Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Friday Humor - Questions that have Confused humankind!! Why do we have to press Start if we want to shut down any MS windows operating system? (This one is my favorite!) If its a square, why is it called a boxing ring? And something that I often personally wondered but didn't really care to find out... Where will a magnetic needle point if you are standing bang on the north pole or the south pole.. Will it hang in a vertical position if suspended in mid air? How would you know east from west when standing dead on the north or south pole? Joe -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dwayne Martin Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 1:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Friday Humor - Questions that have Confused humankind!! I too have too much time on my hands, so since nobody is asking, "Which came first the chicken or the CHICKEN egg" I'll try to answer it anyway. If you believe in a literal creation, then God said "Let there be a chicken" and behold, there was one. The egg came later. But according to evolution, there was a long transition period before a creature that was almost a chicken laid an egg, out of which hatched the first real chicken. Which leads a new question: Was that egg a chicken egg because a chicken hatched out of it, or a not-quite-a-chicken egg because a not-quite-a-chicken laid it? Dwayne Martin James Madison University ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:55:14 -0800 >From: Thad K Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Friday Humor - Questions that have Confused humankind!! >To: [email protected] > > ** > Okay, my turn to geek out... > > This question answers itself - clearly the egg came > first. The question is NOT "Which came first the > chicken or the chicken egg", but "Which came first, > the chicken or the egg". Clearly there were eggs > (such as Dinosaur) long before anything even > resembling a chicken existed. Problem solved. > > I used to work the graveyard shift and had WAY too > much time to myself.... :-) > Thad Esser > Remedy Developer > "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, > they're yours."-- Richard Bach > > "Mohan Panchangmath" To [email protected] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc > Sent by: "Action Subject Re: Friday Humor - > Request System Questions that have > discussion Confused humankind!! > list(ARSList)" > <[email protected]> > > 12/07/2007 09:44 AM > > +---------------------+ > | Please respond to | > | [email protected] | > +---------------------+ > > all time favorite confusion...."what came first?.the > chicken or the egg?? > > cheers, > Mohan > --- "Wangler, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you call a lady who delivers with the US > > Postal Service? > > > > A mail woman or a fe-mail man? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dan Wangler, Team Lead, STARS Group > > > > Phone: 214-567-8304; email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Client/Server Services, IT Opeations > > > > Texas Instruments, Inc. > > > > 6500 Chase Oaks Blvd., MS 8401 > > > > Plano, Texas, 75023 > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Action Request System discussion > list(ARSList) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Rowe > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 11:01 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Friday Humor - Questions that have > > Confused humankind!! > > > > > > > > ** In "A Bug's Life" the ladybug-guy never really > > adjusted to being a > > male of the species. > > > > On Dec 7, 2007 9:43 AM, Wallace, Kelvin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > > > ** > > > > What do you call a male ladybug? > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Action Request System discussion > list(ARSList) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gidd > > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:54 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: OT:Friday Humor - Questions that have > > Confused humankind!! > > > > > > > > Questions that have Confused humankind!! > > > > a.. Who was the first person to look at a cow and > > say, \"I think I\'ll > > squeeze these dangly things here, and drink > whatever > > comes out?\" > > > > a.. Why do toasters always have a setting that > burns > > the toast to a > > horrible crisp, which no decent human being would > > eat? > > > > a.. Why is there a light in the fridge and not in > > the freezer? > > > > a.. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is > > there a song about > > him? > > > > a.. If the professor on Gilligan\'s Island can > make > > a radio out of > > coconut, why can\'t he fix a hole in a boat? > > > > a.. Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains > > on all fours? > > They\'re both dogs! > > > > a.. What do you call male ballerinas? > > > > a.. If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all > > that Acme crap,why > > didn\'t he just buy dinner? > > > > a.. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? > > > > a.. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable > oil > > is made from > > vegetables, then what is baby oil made from? > > > > a.. If electricity comes from electrons, does > > morality come from morons? > > > > a.. Isn\'t Disney World just a people trap > operated > > by a mouse? > > > > a.. Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle > > Little Star have the > > same tune? > > > > a.. Do illiterate people get the full effect of > > Alphabet Soup? > > > > a.. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a > > dog\'s face, he gets mad > > at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he > > can\'t wait to stick his > > head out the window into the wind? > > > > a.. Does pushing the elevator button more than > once > > make it arrive > > faster? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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